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Enough! Stand Up for Us!
Trump addresses congress on Tuesday. Congress should walk out.
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Raise Your Hand…
Fed up? You’re not alone.
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A Letter to Congress
Feel free to send this to your congressmen as well.
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Congressional Hearings Then and Now
How radically one’s priorities shift over time.
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Should Congress Be Paid During a Shutdown?
If we suffer, they should suffer, too.
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Again
Our children are dying. 18 school shootings so far this year. (But it must be noted that this number is controversial, and depends on one’s definition of a school shooting. Still, I think we can agree that even one is too many.) We are not even through February. What’s the magic number? How many have…
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My Daily Homework
Okay, I’ve had it. I’ve decided that I have to do more. I have to speak up and speak out, because this country is circling the drain. So I’ve assigned myself some daily homework. First, I Googled my US Representative and my two Senators for my particular zip code. I wrote down their names and…
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Respect for the Presidency
During Obama’s recent State of the Union address, there was a moment that made me sick to my stomach. Don’t get excited, Republicans. I actually agreed with everything he had to say, as predictable as most of it was. No, what made me sick was the way some Republican congressmen reacted to something he said.…
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Why Do We Need Politicians Anymore?
The other day my dog jumped on me while I was in the middle of REM sleep. It felt like someone dropped a canned ham on me from a two story building. In retrospect perhaps it was a good thing, because it brought something to my conscious mind that had apparently been percolating in my…